Flatiron holder



C. D. STANLEY FLATIRON HOLDER Jan. 3, 1950 Filed Dec. 13, 1945 l N V E N TO R CHESTER 1). STANLEY llil ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 3, 1950 FLATIRON HOLDER Chester D. Stanley, Akron, Ohio, assignor, by

direct and mesne assignments, to The Wil- Stan Products Company, Akron, Ohio, a cor.- poration of Ohio Application December 13, 1945, Serial No. 634,851

This invention relates to flatiron holders, and more especially it relates to a holder adapted to be suspended from a wall structure or the like for storing a flatiron during periods when it is not in service.

The chief objects of the invention are to provide an improved structure of the character mentioned that positively retains the flatiron in place; that provides in an eificient manner for preventing the scorching of the wall when the flatiron is 10 flush with the front face of the plate. Preferinserted in the holder while hot; to provide means ably said thermal insulation is composed of nonon the holder about which the electric cord of combustible material such as asbestos, which is the iron may be looped without kinking or sharp in sheet form. Two sheets l1, I! of the asbestos flexure, including means for retaining the plug sheeting are employed, which sheets are mainon the end of the cord in fixed position; and in 15 tained in parallel, spaced relation to each other general to provide a flatiron holder of relatively by intervening locally positioned spacer members few parts that readily may be manufactured at l8, l8 of the same material, whereby air-spaces relatively low cost. Other objects will be manil9 are provided between the sheets H. A suitfest as the description proceeds, able adhesive is employed for bonding the as- Of the accompanying drawing: 20 bestos sheeting to the spacer members I!) and Fig. l is a front elevation of a flatiron holder to the plate l0, although other means for unitembodying the invention, the position of a flating said parts may be utilized if desired. The iron therein being indicated in dot and dash thermal insulation does not extend rearwardly lines; beyond the margin of the plate-flange l2.

Fig.2 is a side elevation of the structure shown :5 Numerous makes of present day electric fiatin Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1, on a larger scale; and

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4--4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the holder comprises a mounting plate I 0 that is composed of sheet metal, such as aluminum, and which is adapted to be attached to a wall structure or the like by a nail or other suitable means (not shown) that extends through an aperture H in the upper extremity of the plate. The plate ID as shown is of general elliptical contour, and is formed with a rearwardly extending marginal flange l2 of suitable height to hold the plate in suitable spaced relation to the wall on which it is mounted. It will be obvious that the contour of the plate l0 may be of different shape if desired.

In the lower half of the plate It! there is a symmetrically arranged opening or cut-away portion l4 that has the general contour or outline of a conventional electric flatiron having its pointed forward end or nose directed downwardly. Preferably said opening is appreciably larger in area than the flat working face of the flatiron. At a.

the margin of the opening M, at each side of the pointed lower extremity thereof, are respective forwardly extending longitudinally and transversely arcuate flanges or wings l5, l5 that constitute the sole supporting elements of a flat- 3 Claims. (Cl. 248-1171) iron when mounted in the holder, at which time the said wings embrace the sides and top of the nose portion of the flatiron. Preferably the plate I 0 and wings l5 are a one-piece structure, the wings being part of the material struck out from the opening l4.

Mounted upon the back of the plate It! at the lower end portion thereof is thermal insulation that extends through the opening l4 so as to be irons have conductor cords that are permanently connected at one end to the irons, such an iron being indicated at 22, Figs. 1 and 2, whereof 23 is the conductor cord and 24 is a conventional plug on the free end of said cord. To preserve the cord from flexure and kinks, and to provide for neat storage thereof, means is provided on the holder for receiving the cord when the iron is reposing in the holder. To this end a pair of prongs 25, 25 are struck out from the plate Ill, in the upper part thereof, which prongs are symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the vertical centerline of the holder. The prongs 25 project forwardly, and are somewhat divergent in the direction of their free ends, as shown in Fig. 3. The prongs are bent transversely to concave-convex shape with the concave sides confronting each other, the arrangement being such that the iron-cord 23 may be looped about the prongs in the manner shown in the drawing, and engage only the smooth convex sides thereof, whereby excessive wear on the cord is obviated. Below the prongs 25 the plate I'll is formed with two, small, adjacent slots 21, 21 that are adapted to receive the respective contact fingers or springs of the plug 24, and thereby to support the latter in determinate position, where it is easily accessible for insertion or removal.

The invention is of attractive appearance and of simple construction. It provides a convenicut and safe receptacle for a flatiron that is hot from recent use, and achieves the other objects set out in the foregoing statement of objects.

Modification may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, or the scope thereof as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A flatiron holder of the character described comprising a vertically arranged metal plate formed near its bottom with an opening therein having the general shape of the outline of a flatiron having a downwardly pointed nose, a heat-insulating structure in said opening flush with the front face of the plate, means on the plate for supporting a flatiron in contact with said heat-insulating structure, and a pair of prongs projecting from the front of the plate, above said opening, in position to have the conductor cord of a flatiron looped thereabout when the iron is supported in the holder.

2. A combination as defined in claim 1 whereof the plate and prongs are a one-piece structure, the prongs being struck out from the plate, and

bent to concavo-convex shape with the concave sides in confronting relation to provide rounded convex surfaces for contact with the cord.

3. A combination as defined in claim 1 including two short, adjacent slots in the plate below the prongs for receiving the contact fingers of a plug on the end of the conductor cord.

CHESTER D. STANLEY.

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